Antifascist praxis in developmental science: Possibilities for collective resistance to fascism
AbstractAntifascists have developed action-oriented principles and practices for collective resistance to fascism. In this article, we discuss antifascism aspraxis, which is the nexus of theory and practice through collective reflection and action. Antifascist praxis can inform developmental science at individual and contextual levels of analysis. For the study of individual developmental trajectories, we examine how antifascist praxis can inform research to stop fascist recruitment of youth and counter-recruit youth into liberation movements. For the study of developmental contexts, we use the example of family separation...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Miriam R. Arbeit,
Andrea Negrete,
Natasha Panlilio Berger,
Anne E. Dufault,
Alexandria C. Onuoha,
Sarah L. F. Burnham Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Understanding the development of chronic loneliness in youth
AbstractLoneliness becomes more prevalent as youth transition from childhood into adolescence. A key underlying process may be the puberty-related increase in biological stress reactivity, which can alter social behavior and elicit conflict or social withdrawal (fight-or-flight behaviors) in some youth, but increase prosocial (tend-and-befriend) responses in others. In this article, we propose an integrative theoretical model that identifies the social, personality, and biological characteristics underlying individual differences in social –behavioral responses to stress. This model posits a vicious cycle whereby youth w...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Sally Hang,
Geneva M. Jost,
Amanda E. Guyer,
Richard W. Robins,
Paul D. Hastings,
Camelia E. Hostinar Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Children's information ‐search strategies: Operationalizing efficiency and effectiveness
AbstractResearch on the development of active learning and information search behaviors has been growing rapidly, drawing interest from multiple disciplines, from developmental psychology to cognitive science and artificial intelligence. These different perspectives can open pathways to understanding how preschool-age children grow into adaptive and efficient active learners. However, the lack of a shared vocabulary, operationalizations, and research paradigms has led to limited cross-talk and some conflicting findings. In this article, we advocate for using a shared operationalization of a “good” information-search st...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - February 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Georgina T örök,
Oana Stanciu,
Azzurra Ruggeri Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
An emotion ‐focused extension of coercion theory: Emerging evidence and conceptualizations for parental experienced emotion as a mechanism of reinforcement in coercive parent–child interactions
AbstractAccording to coercion theory (Patterson, 1982, 2016), children's aggression is developed and maintained through transactional processes between parents and their children that unfold over time. The theory provides a model of the behavioral contingencies that explain how parents and children mutually “train” each other to behave in ways that over time increase the likelihood of children's aggression and decrease parents' control over this aggression. Although the theory characterizes the interactions that often lead to dysfunctional family processes and children's aggression, its focus on ob servable, interperso...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - January 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Anat Moed Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Understanding the development of chronic loneliness in youth
AbstractLoneliness becomes more prevalent as youth transition from childhood into adolescence. A key underlying process may be the puberty-related increase in biological stress reactivity, which can alter social behavior and elicit conflict or social withdrawal (fight-or-flight behaviors) in some youth, but increase prosocial (tend-and-befriend) responses in others. In this article, we propose an integrative theoretical model that identifies the social, personality, and biological characteristics underlying individual differences in social –behavioral responses to stress. This model posits a vicious cycle whereby youth w...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - December 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Sally Hang,
Geneva M. Jost,
Amanda E. Guyer,
Richard W. Robins,
Paul D. Hastings,
Camelia E. Hostinar Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
An automated, data ‐driven approach to children's social dynamics in space and time
AbstractMost children first enter social groups of peers in preschool. In this context, children use movement as a social tool, resulting in distinctive proximity patterns in space and synchrony with others over time. However, the social implications of children's movements with peers in space and time are difficult to determine due to the difficulty of acquiring reliable data during natural interactions. In this article, we review research demonstrating that proximity and synchrony are important indicators of affiliation among preschoolers and highlight challenges in this line of research. We then argue for the advantages...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - December 11, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Lisa Horn,
M árton Karsai,
Gabriela Markova Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Children's structural thinking about social inequities
AbstractAcross development, young children reason about why social inequities exist. However, when left to their own devices, young children might engage ininternal thinking, reasoning that the inequity is simply a justified disparity explained by features internal to social groups (e.g., genetics, intellect, abilities, values). Internal thinking could lead them to support and reinforce the inequity (e.g., by blaming the disadvantaged). In contrast,structural thinking, which appeals to relatively stable features external to social groups (e.g., environments, policies, economic systems), could lead to more prosocial outcome...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - December 9, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Marianna Y. Zhang,
J. Nicky Sullivan,
Ellen M. Markman,
Steven O. Roberts Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
